situated
part of speech
adjective (situated)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) Situated means placed or found in a certain place: The school is situated near the river. tree →
2) (formal) Well or badly situated can mean being in a good or bad position for something. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in geography, maps, reports and formal descriptions to say where something is. In exam questions: "Where is the town situated?". Everyday speech usually says "is" or "is near" instead. Phrases: situated in/on/near, conveniently situated, well situated.
examples
- The village is situated at the foot of a hill. tree →
- Our school is situated next to a park. tree →
- London is situated on the River Thames. tree →
- The library is conveniently situated near the bus stop. tree →
- Where is the heart situated in the body? tree →
- The farm was situated far from any town. tree →
- Find on the map where the volcano is situated. tree →
- The hotel is well situated for the beach. tree →
- The road led through an olive-grove, and here the solitary inn was situated. tree →
note
Formal register. Used after "is/are". From "site" and "situation". Everyday: "is in", "is near", "lies". Trap: "situation" is a noun meaning what is happening, not a place.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «situated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.